Spoon.



J. A. SEBENIUS.

SPOON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1915.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

A TTORIV EYS THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHXNCITON. D. C.

JOHN A. SE BENIUS, OF BREMERTON, VVASEINGTGN.

" sroon.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented- Jan. 25, indie.

Application filed August 3, 1915. Serial No. 43,381.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN A. SnBnNIUs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bremerton, in the county of Kitsap and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful improvement in Spoons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in spoons, and the invention has for its object to provide a spoon for trolling that will closely simulate the action of a fish, while being trailed through the water, and wherein the spoon of sheet metal is provided with a propeller for rotating the same as it is drawn through the water, the sheet metal being so shaped that the rotation of the spoon on its long axis will present the outline of a fish, and wherein the spoon is provided with a bait hook connected to the spoon by a leader, the spoon being connected to the line and to the hook in such manner that the rotation thereof will not interfere with the line or the hook.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the spoon with the hook attached, Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the spoon, Fig. 3 is an edge view of the spoon, Fig. l is a rear view, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows adjacent to the line.

The spoon in the present instance, comprises a body of sheet metal, of greatest width intermediate its ends and gradually decreasing in width toward its ends, and as shown in Fig. 3 the body is arched intermediate its ends, the arch being indicated at 1. One of the ends of the body is provided with an opening :2, and the other end is provided with an extension 3, which is given a half turn as indicated at 4 at its connection with the body, and blades 5 extend laterally from the ends of the extension, the said blades being twisted or spiral to form a propeller for rotating the spoon when it is drawn through the water.

At the junction of the blades with the extension an opening 6 is provided, and a leader 7 is connected to the opening, the leader supporting a hook 8 at its outer end. The line not shown, is connected to the opening 2 by similar mechanism to that which is used to connect the leader 7 with the opening 6. Each of these mechanisms comprises a body 9, having alined longitudinally extending openings at its ends for receiving species of eye bolts 10. Each of these eye bolts is formed from a wire twisted into proper shape to form an eye at the outer end and the inner end is passed through the adjacent opening of the body 9 and is headed to prevent disengagement of the bolt while permitting free rotation thereof with respect to the body.

A coil is'formed in the wire intermediate the ends thereof as shown, to limit the inward movement of the bolt with respect'to the body. The leader 7 is passed through the bolt 10 of one of theswivel joint connections 910, just described, and the other eye bolt is engaged with the opening 6. The line, not shown, is connected to one of the bolts of the other swivel connections, and the other eye bolt of the said connection is engaged with the opening 2 of the body of the spoon.

Referring to Fig. 5, it will be noted that each of the blades 5 is concavo-convex, and from Fig. 4 it will be seen that the blades extend in opposite directions. Each blade is twisted or spiral, and it will be evident that when the spoon is drawn through the water by means of a line connected with the swivel joint connection at the opening 2, the water impinging against the concave faces of the blades will rotate the spoon rapidly.

Because of the arched form of the body of the spoon the illusion of a cigar-shaped body will be presented, thus causing the spoon to very closely simulate a moving fish. The blades in their movement simulate the movement of the tail of the fish.

In practice the leader 7 is about twelve inches in length, and preferably a line of 100 feet is connected with the spoon. The resistance of the water to the forward movement of the blades 5 will not only rotate the spoon rapidly but will hold the line taut, bringing a steady strain on the same. The speed with which the spoon is rotated will depend upon the rapidity of this movement, and also upon the pitch of the blades. By varying the pitch of the blades the speed of rotation may also be varied.

It will be understood that the improved spoons are made of various sizes to suit clifferent conditions, and the propeller blades have a certain definite relation with respect to the size of the body of the spoon. The twist or half turn l between the body and the propeller acts as a rudder to eliminate any tendency to lateral swinging of the spoon.

' line of 100 it, three It Will be understood that by reversing the arrangement of theblades the spoon may be made to rotate in either direction. In a spaced 25 ft, apart.

claim:

- 1'. A spoon ofthecharacter specified,'coni- 7 propeller blades for rotating the spoon when v dinal extension Copies of this' patent may be obtained for prising a. body having at one end a longituprovided at the end remote from the body with oppositely extending swivels Will be usedv 1,1eo,ess

at the junction of the blades with the exten sion, and a leader carrying a hook connected with the said connection.

2. A spoon of the character specified, C0111- prising a body having at one end a longitudinal extension provided at the end remote from the body with oppositely extending propeller blades for rotating the spoon when the spoon is drawn through the Water, said spoon being arched longitudinally to give the illusion of a rounded; body when the body is rotated.

JOHN A. SEBENIUS.

Witnesses:

JOHN BnoDIN, ALBERT G. BENBENNICK.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

